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This article was what inspired me to get involved, I would suggest reading this too:
Distant Water Source Forces Community to Beg
In the slum Aadesh lived in, going to rich people’s homes and begging for water was everyday business. The closest public source of water was more than a mile’s walk away, and the journey almost guaranteed he would be late for work.
Even if Aadesh rose early to go to the community well, he had hundreds of neighbors contending for the same water. And because the well was only open to the public during certain hours, he might not even get any water if the line was too long.
Rather than risk losing their jobs for being late, most in the slum knocked on the doors of nearby wealthy townspeople for water.
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